leg

head

leg c (singular definite legen, plural indefinite lege)

legen (definite singular)
lege (indefinite plural)
leg (indefinite nominative singular)
legen (definite nominative singular)
lege (indefinite nominative plural)
legene (definite nominative plural)
legs (genitive indefinite singular)
legens (definite genitive singular)
leges (genitive indefinite plural)
legenes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse leikr, from Proto-Germanic *laikaz.


gat

gat (singular definite gattet, plural indefinite gatter)

gattet (definite singular)
gatter (indefinite plural)

From Old Norse gat, from Proto-Germanic *gatą.

(zoology) anus (of an animal, fish especially)


pung

pung c (singular definite pungen, plural indefinite punge)

pungen (definite singular)
punge (indefinite plural)
pung (indefinite nominative singular)
pungen (definite nominative singular)
punge (indefinite nominative plural)
pungene (definite nominative plural)
pungs (genitive indefinite singular)
pungens (definite genitive singular)
punges (genitive indefinite plural)
pungenes (definite genitive plural)

(zoology) a pouch in marsupials where it rears its young during their early infancy


dyr

dyr n (singular definite dyret, plural indefinite dyr)

dyret (definite singular)
dyr (indefinite plural)
dyr (indefinite nominative singular)
dyret (definite nominative singular)
dyr (indefinite nominative plural)
dyrene (definite nominative plural)
dyrs (genitive indefinite singular)
dyrets (definite genitive singular)
dyrs (genitive indefinite plural)
dyrenes (definite genitive plural)

From Old East Norse diūʀ, from Proto-Norse *ᛞᛖᚢᛉᚨ (*deuʀa), from Proto-Germanic *deuzą.
Cognate with Swedish djur, English deer, German Tier, Dutch dier.


dronning

dronning c (singular definite dronningen, plural indefinite dronninger)

dronningen (definite singular)
dronninger (indefinite plural)
dronning (indefinite nominative singular)
dronningen (definite nominative singular)
dronninger (indefinite nominative plural)
dronningerne (definite nominative plural)
dronnings (genitive indefinite singular)
dronningens (definite genitive singular)
dronningers (genitive indefinite plural)
dronningernes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse dróttning (“mistress, queen”), cognate with Swedish drottning. Derived from dróttinn (“lord, leader”) (Danish drot).

(zoology) queen (the reproductive female in social insect species)


ræv

ræv c (singular definite ræven, plural indefinite ræve)

ræven (definite singular)
ræve (indefinite plural)
ræv (indefinite nominative singular)
ræven (definite nominative singular)
ræve (indefinite nominative plural)
rævene (definite nominative plural)
rævs (genitive indefinite singular)
rævens (definite genitive singular)
ræves (genitive indefinite plural)
rævenes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Danish ræf, from Old Norse refr, from Proto-Germanic *rebaz, cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk rev, Swedish räv. The word is probably borrowed from an Iranian source, compare Digor Ossetian робас (robas, “fox”), Persian روباه (rôbâh), Sanskrit लोपाक (lopāka). Latin vulpēs and Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx) are probably related somehow, but it may be a wanderword.

Vulpes vulpes
Vulpes vulpes#Translingual

(zoology) fox (the species Vulpes vulpes)


larve

larve c (singular definite larven, plural indefinite larver)

larven (definite singular)
larver (indefinite plural)


antenne

antenne c (singular definite antennen, plural indefinite antenner)

antennen (definite singular)
antenner (indefinite plural)
antenne (indefinite nominative singular)
antennen (definite nominative singular)
antenner (indefinite nominative plural)
antennerne (definite nominative plural)
antennes (genitive indefinite singular)
antennens (definite genitive singular)
antenners (genitive indefinite plural)
antennernes (definite genitive plural)


sule

sule c (singular definite sulen, plural indefinite suler)

sulen (definite singular)
suler (indefinite plural)
sule (indefinite nominative singular)
sulen (definite nominative singular)
suler (indefinite nominative plural)
sulerne (definite nominative plural)
sules (genitive indefinite singular)
sulens (definite genitive singular)
sulers (genitive indefinite plural)
sulernes (definite genitive plural)

Borrowed from Faroese súla, Icelandic súla, identical with the former word (referring to the cleft between the wings).

Morus bassanus
Morus bassanus#Translingual

(zoology) northern gannet (Morus bassanus)


ornitolog

ornitolog c (singular definite ornitologen, plural indefinite ornitologer)

ornitologen (definite singular)
ornitologer (indefinite plural)
ornitolog (indefinite nominative singular)
ornitologen (definite nominative singular)
ornitologer (indefinite nominative plural)
ornitologerne (definite nominative plural)
ornitologs (genitive indefinite singular)
ornitologens (definite genitive singular)
ornitologers (genitive indefinite plural)
ornitologernes (definite genitive plural)


skjold

skjold n (singular definite skjoldet, plural indefinite skjolde)

skjoldet (definite singular)
skjolde (indefinite plural)
skjold (indefinite nominative singular)
skjoldet (definite nominative singular)
skjolde (indefinite nominative plural)
skjoldene (definite nominative plural)
skjolds (genitive indefinite singular)
skjoldets (definite genitive singular)
skjoldes (genitive indefinite plural)
skjoldenes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Danish skiold, from Old Norse skjǫldr, from Proto-Germanic *skelduz (“shield”), cognate with Norwegian skjold, Swedish sköld, English shield, Dutch schild, German Schild. Doublet of skilt (“sign”).

(zoology) shield, shell, carapace (hard protective cover on the back of an animal)


sej

sej c (singular definite sejen, plural indefinite sejer)

sejen (definite singular)
sejer (indefinite plural)
sej (indefinite nominative singular)
sejen (definite nominative singular)
sejer (indefinite nominative plural)
sejerne (definite nominative plural)
sejs (genitive indefinite singular)
sejens (definite genitive singular)
sejers (genitive indefinite plural)
sejernes (definite genitive plural)

From Norwegian sei, from Old Norse seiðr, from Proto-Germanic *saidō, cognate with Norwegian sei; English saithe is borrowed from Old Norse.

(zoology) saithe, pollock (the fish Pollachius virens)


legeplads

legeplads c (singular definite legepladsen, plural indefinite legepladser)

legepladsen (definite singular)
legepladser (indefinite plural)
legeplads (indefinite nominative singular)
legepladsen (definite nominative singular)
legepladser (indefinite nominative plural)
legepladserne (definite nominative plural)
legeplads' (genitive indefinite singular)
legepladsens (definite genitive singular)
legepladsers (genitive indefinite plural)
legepladsernes (definite genitive plural)

From lege (“play, spawn”) + plads (“place”).


jordsvin

jordsvin n (singular definite jordsvinet, plural indefinite jordsvin)

jordsvinet (definite singular)
jordsvin (indefinite plural)
jordsvin (indefinite nominative singular)
jordsvinet (definite nominative singular)
jordsvin (indefinite nominative plural)
jordsvinene (definite nominative plural)
jordsvins (genitive indefinite singular)
jordsvinets (definite genitive singular)
jordsvins (genitive indefinite plural)
jordsvinenes (definite genitive plural)

Orycteropus afer
Orycteropus afer#Translingual


kryds

kryds n (singular definite krydset, plural indefinite kryds or krydser)

krydset (definite singular)
kryds (indefinite plural)
krydser (indefinite plural)
kryds (indefinite nominative singular)
krydset (definite nominative singular)
kryds (indefinite nominative plural)
krydser (indefinite nominative plural)
krydsene (definite nominative plural)
krydserne (definite nominative plural)
kryds' (genitive indefinite singular)
krydsets (definite genitive singular)
kryds' (genitive indefinite plural)
krydsers (genitive indefinite plural)
krydsenes (definite genitive plural)
krydsernes (definite genitive plural)

Borrowed from Middle Low German krūze, krūce, from Old Saxon krūci, from Latin crux. Compare also German Kreuz, Dutch kruis, with diphthongs going back to a long vowel, which points to a late borrowing (with a medieval pronunciation of the Latin word). English cross, with a short open vowel, is derived independently from Old Irish cros, from a Vulgar Latin pronunciation with /o/ from short u. Doublet of kors (“(Christian) cross”).

(zoology) croup (the part of an animal's body around the sacrum, the upper part of the hind legs)


kolonisere

koloniserer (present)
koloniserede (past)
har koloniseret (perfect present)
havde koloniseret (past perfect)
koloniseres (passive present)
koloniseredes (passive past)
koloniserende (participle present)
koloniseret (participle past)
koloniser (imperative present)
kolonisere (infinitive present)
have (auxiliary present)
koloniseren (gerund present)

(zoology) For an animal to migrate or spread to a new area.


puppe

puppe c (singular definite puppen, plural indefinite pupper)

puppen (definite singular)
pupper (indefinite plural)


arkæologi

arkæologi c (singular definite arkæologien, not used in plural form)

arkæologien (definite singular)
arkæologi (indefinite nominative singular)
arkæologien (definite nominative singular)
arkæologis (genitive indefinite singular)
arkæologiens (definite genitive singular)

[ɑkʰɛoloˈɡ̊iˀ]

From Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογία (arkhaiología, “prehistory”).

der

archaeology (study of material culture(s) in the past)


igle

head

igle c (singular definite iglen, plural indefinite igler)

iglen (definite singular)
igler (indefinite plural)
igle (indefinite nominative singular)
iglen (definite nominative singular)
igler (indefinite nominative plural)
iglerne (definite nominative plural)
igles (genitive indefinite singular)
iglens (definite genitive singular)
iglers (genitive indefinite plural)
iglernes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse ígull (“sea urchin”), from Proto-Germanic *igilaz (“hedgehog”), cognate with Swedish igle (“leech”), German Igel (“hedgehog”), Dutch egel (“hedgehog”). The sense is influenced by Middle Low German egel, ile (“leech”), which derives a related noun, *egalaz, which is also the source of German Egel, Blutegel (“leech”), Dutch echel (“leech”).

(zoology) leech (a blood-sucking animal of the subclass Hirudinea)


jættestue

jættestue c (singular definite jættestuen, plural indefinite jættestuer)

jættestuen (definite singular)
jættestuer (indefinite plural)
jættestue (indefinite nominative singular)
jættestuen (definite nominative singular)
jættestuer (indefinite nominative plural)
jættestuerne (definite nominative plural)
jættestues (genitive indefinite singular)
jættestuens (definite genitive singular)
jættestuers (genitive indefinite plural)
jættestuernes (definite genitive plural)

From jætte (“giant”) + stue (“room”). Compare also German Hünengrab, lit. "giant's grave".

(archaeology) passage grave (megalithic grave from the Neolithic Age)


pygmæ

pygmæ c (singular definite pygmæen, plural indefinite pygmæer)

pygmæen (definite singular)
pygmæer (indefinite plural)
pygmæ (indefinite nominative singular)
pygmæen (definite nominative singular)
pygmæer (indefinite nominative plural)
pygmæerne (definite nominative plural)
pygmæs (genitive indefinite singular)
pygmæens (definite genitive singular)
pygmæers (genitive indefinite plural)
pygmæernes (definite genitive plural)

Via Latin pygmaeus from Ancient Greek πυγμαῖος (pugmaîos, “mythical dwarf”), derived from the noun πυγμή (pugmḗ, “fist”)

der

(ethnography) pygmy (member of one of the various tribes in Africa or Asia that are characterized by a short stature)


ledorm

head

ledorm c (singular definite ledormen, plural indefinite ledorme)

ledormen (definite singular)
ledorme (indefinite plural)


arkæolog

arkæolog c (singular definite arkæologen, plural indefinite arkæologer)

arkæologen (definite singular)
arkæologer (indefinite plural)
arkæolog (indefinite nominative singular)
arkæologen (definite nominative singular)
arkæologer (indefinite nominative plural)
arkæologerne (definite nominative plural)
arkæologs (genitive indefinite singular)
arkæologens (definite genitive singular)
arkæologers (genitive indefinite plural)
arkæologernes (definite genitive plural)


bagkrop

bagkrop c (singular definite bagkroppen, plural indefinite bagkroppe)

bagkroppen (definite singular)
bagkroppe (indefinite plural)
bagkrop (indefinite nominative singular)
bagkroppen (definite nominative singular)
bagkroppe (indefinite nominative plural)
bagkropene (definite nominative plural)
bagkrops (genitive indefinite singular)
bagkroppens (definite genitive singular)
bagkroppes (genitive indefinite plural)
bagkropenes (definite genitive plural)

(entomology) abdomen (posterior part of an insect's body)